On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:37:52 +0100 Jan Behrens <jbe-ml...@magnetkern.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 04:51:43 +0900 (JST) > Hiroki Sato <h...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Jan Behrens <jbe-ml...@magnetkern.de> wrote > > in <20200313202833.cbbe8d1679ac0fd7a8078...@magnetkern.de>: > > > > jb> Is it intended that "net.inet6.ip6.prefer_tempaddr" takes precedence > > jb> over "prefer_source"? If yes, why? > > > > Yes, and the reason is that RFC 6724 specifies that behavior. > > [...] > > > If prefer_source takes precedence, the tempaddr will nerver be used. > > That depends on how "prefer_source" competes with other rules for > source address selection. > > [...] > > Moreover, preferring temporary addresses over addresses marked with > "prefer_source" doesn't seem to make much sense (even if the RFC would > demand it). This is because it doesn't seem to make much sense to mark > a temporary address as preferred. Does anyone know a (real life) example where "prefer_source" has any useful effect (given FreeBSD's current behavior) if privacy extensions are enabled? > That assumed, the current behavior of FreeBSD effectivly renders > "prefer_source" useless if net.inet6.ip6.prefer_tempaddr=1. I would propose to set "prefer_source"'s precedence just one level higher than net.inet6.ip6.prefer_tempaddr. -- Jan > > > > > -- Hiroki > > Regards, > Jan Behrens _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
